vRanger 7.8 - Integration Guide for NetVault SmartDisk

Protecting the NetVault SmartDisk unique identity

Each NetVault SmartDisk installation of the software binaries creates a unique identity that is referenced in the NetVault SmartDisk Content Index and your backup product. The NetVault SmartDisk unique identity is required in cases where the NetVault SmartDisk software binaries are reinstalled while retaining the data stored in the NetVault SmartDisk Storage Pools. For more information, see Reinstalling NetVault SmartDisk.

To ensure that you can reinstall the NetVault SmartDisk software binaries while retaining the data stored in the NetVault SmartDisk Storage Pools, protect the NetVault SmartDisk unique identity by backing up the following configuration file:

…\diskmanager\etc\identity.cfg

Uninstalling NetVault SmartDisk

•	Preserving data before removing NetVault SmartDisk

•	Removing NetVault SmartDisk

Preserving data before removing NetVault SmartDisk

When you remove NetVault SmartDisk, the data in the Staging Store and the Chunk Store is retained after removal of the NetVault SmartDisk software binaries.

If you specified a different file-system path during installation, that is, you did not use the defaults, the data in the Staging Store and the Chunk Store is retained after removal of the NetVault SmartDisk software binaries.

Removing NetVault SmartDisk

1	Access Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.

2	In the Currently installed programs list, select NetVault SmartDisk, and click Remove.

3	When the confirmation message appears, click Yes.

4	After the program is removed, delete the directory where NetVault SmartDisk was installed.